H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.
H. Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D. : In Memoriam
Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D., scientist, veteran science educator, conservationist, and explorer, passed to the Beyond on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at King’s Daughters Health and Rehabilitation Center in Staunton,...
H. BRUCE RINKER: Words That I’ve Lived By
During one of my morning meditation practices this week, I reflected on some of the...
H. BRUCE RINKER,P.h.D.: During These High Holy Days
This time of the year is filled annually with noisy festivals and twinkling lights, and...
H. Bruce Rinker: Oneing with the Lotus
As a scientist, I am intrigued by seemingly archaic words that regain a contemporary relevance...
H. BRUCE RINKER: Trump’s New Clothes
“The Emperor Has No Clothes” was a folktale published in 1837 by Hans Christian Anderson,...
What’s in a Name?
Early in the academic year, I led my junior-level biology students into the forest behind North Cross School to identify some of the native...
Would You Kiss A Skeptic Under Your Mistletoe?
Sometimes being a scientist is like a curse.
As a scientist, I’m ever skeptical, filled with doubt even about the most seemingly mundane observations and...
What’s So Special About 32?
Actress Angelina Jolie may be 32 years old – or was a couple of years ago – and RAF squadron leader Jack Blair was...
Good to Eat, Wholesome to Digest
The American satirist Ambrose Bierce offered the following definition of “edible” in his 1911 book, The Devil’s Dictionary: “good to eat, and wholesome to...
Sugar Factories Shutting Down!
Sugar factories are shutting down throughout the Roanoke region. But this denouement is not due to any sad downturn in our regional economics. Billions...
Triumph of the Undead
This is the triumphant season of the undead.
Now that summer is behind us and fall has begun, a change in the calendar also portends...